Blind and sighted people use many of the same devices in sketching their surroundings, suggesting that vision and touch are closely linked I first met Betty, a blind teenager in Toronto, as I was ...

Giotto was Italian. So of course was Leonardo da Vinci. Ditto Titian and Bernini. Italy seems to breed artistic genius. It must be something in the olive oil. Little Gaia is Italian, too. She's a ...